Saint
150 Orators
A group of one hundred and fifty orators, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
- Feast
- November 25old style December 8
- Era
- unknown
Life
The 150 Orators are commemorated on 25 November (new style, the Greek calendar) as martyrs. According to the synaxarion they came to believe in Christ through Saint Catherine and received martyrdom by fire.
A verse says that those who had stood in error as orators died in the fire and found their crowns. Their names, place and year are not preserved.
Commemorated the same day November 25
Catherine of AlexandriaGreat Martyr · of AlexandriaNov 25
Peter of AlexandriaHieromartyr · Patriarch of AlexandriaNov 25
Seraphim OstroumovHieromartyr · Bishop of SmolenskNov 25- 670 MartyrsMartyrNov 25
- Alanus of LavaurVenerableNov 25
- Alexander VershinskyHieromartyrNov 25
- Andrew ShershnevHieromartyrNov 25
- Barlaam PopovHieromartyrNov 25
- Basil PariyskyHieromartyrNov 25
- BasilissaSaintNov 25
- Bernold of OttobeurenSaintNov 25
- Cosmas KorotkikhHieromartyrNov 25